Rigid jaw wrench with insertable auxiliary socket



L. L BUSBY RIGID JAW WRENCH WITH INSERTABLE AUXILIARY SOCKET Filed Dec.5 1945 Z If g5 fislion I bung remover.

This improved bung remover has a head I I Patented July 21, 1948 RIGIDJAW WRENCH INSER'I'ABLE I A Y SOCKET Lewis L. Busby, Cheney, Wash. 7

Application December 3, 1945, Serial No. 632,428

-1' Claim. ((181-421) a This invention relates to a bung remover and itis one object to provide a device of this character which may be usedfor removing bungs from large drums in which oil and gasoline is storedwhile in storage or while being shipped from-one place to another.

The drums now in use are of various sizes and the bungs are screwed intoplace and provided at their outer ends with heads or lugs of variousshapes. This variation in the size and shape of the lugs or heads makesit difllcult to remove them as a'wrench which will fit one type of bungwill not fit other types and it is therefore another object of theinvention to provide a bung remover so formed that it will fit varioustypes of bungs and allow them to be easily loosened and unscrewed fromthe drums.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hung remover which is ofsuch shape that it has a. head provided with a handle extendinglaterally from the head substantially midway the length thereof, thehandle not only serving as a handle but also serving as a bung-engagingelement turned by grasping the head as a turning member.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bung remover having ahead so formed that an auxiliary socket may be applied to it forremoving bungs of a certain formation.

The invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein: a

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved bung remover.

Fig. 2 is a view looking at one end of the head 01 the bung remover.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the other end of the Head.

Fig. 4 isa perspective view of an auxiliary socket adapted to be appliedto the head of the formed of strong'metal and provided with a lat erallyextending extension or socket 2 from which projects a handle 3. Thehandle is of tubular formation and its rear end portion is shaped toform a socket 4 having fiat walls so that a lug projecting from a bungmay be engaged in this socket and unscrewed from a drum or screwedtightly into place for closing the drum. While the socket has been shown.with six walls to accommodate a hexagonalshaped lug of a bung it willbe understood that it may be 01 any predetermined shape. Alignedopenings 5 are formed in the handle in spaced relation to the socket Iso that a metal rod or bar may be passed formed wrench-engagingextension which through the openings and-portions oi the rod projectingfrom opposite sides 01' the handle grasped for turning the handle in thesocket. Instead of passing a rod through the openings the head I may begrasped by portions projecting from opposite sides of the handle andused as means for turning the handle after a lug of a hung has beenengaged in the socket.

The head I is formed at one end with lugs or a block I so that theblades 8 projecting from lugs may be engaged in spaced recesses formedin a hung and a hung of this type unscrewed from adrum. At its other endthe head is enlarged to form a collar providing the head with anenlargedend portion 1', and centrally of this enlarged end portion is formed ais preferably square, as shown in Figure 2, but may be othernon-circular shapes. Blocks 9 project from the enlarged end portion l ofthe head I and these blocks are spaced from each other circumferentiallyof the head with flat side faces ill forming walls of recesses Ii. Sincefour blocks are provided the recesses are disposed in opposed relationto each other and arms of a cross-shaped extension of a bung may beengaged in the recesses when a bung of shape that it will accommodate abung having a wrench-engaging extension which is square or of octagonalshape. Certain bungs have a is not large enough to fit snugly in asocket formed by the recesses I! or hexagonal and too large to fit inthe socket 4. In order to accommodate such a bung the auxilairy socketshown in Figure 4 is used. This socket It may be of such external sizethat it will fit snugly in the socket H or smaller and has a shank iswhich is square in cross section and fits snugly in the socket l. Anumber 01' these sockets of various sizes and shapes may be provided asa set and an approsiriate one applied when it is to be used. I havetherefore provided a, wrench or bung remover so that it may be used forremoving bungs socket 8 which and are formed y v 3 of varidus sizes andprovided with wrench-emaiin: portions or diiierent shapes.

Havinc thus described the invention. what ll claimed is: v a

A bung remover comprising a body havln: an enlarged end portion formingahead of greater diameter than the body, blocks proleetinl outwardly fromthe peripheralportionof the head longitudinally of the body, saidblocks-having inner side portions formed with transverse re- 1'anrmnmcns crrnn The following references are'oi record in the tile 0!this patent:

Number Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Walker et al. June 20,1893 -Kennelly Oct. 25, 1898 Btepanian Nov. 11, 1919 Morltsky June 11,1929 McGuckin July 12, 1932 v Thompson Jan. 18, 1942- FOREIGN PATENTSCountry Date Great Britain Mar. 15 1906

